Cancer Disparities

October 14: NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center

Public comment on questions related to community engagement and communication regarding the planning and oversight of biocontainment laboratories.

December 4: Mapping Massachusetts Communities Workshop: An Introduction to GIS and Community Analysis

Audience: Beginners, anyone interested in mapping their community

2008-2009 DF/HCC Cancer Disparities Program Research Seminars

April 2-4: Getting to Equal - Strategies to Improve Care for All Patients

This interactive course provides clinicians, educators, and administrators with an in-depth understanding of disparities in health care. Discussants will highlight "best practices" for improved communication and more...

NHGRI Intramural Health Disparities Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Intended to provide promising recent doctoral graduates the opportunity to use genetic and genomic approaches to advance the growing area of health disparities research.

American Cancer Society: Call for Research Proposals Directed at Poor and Underserved Populations

This initiative includes research that addresses a variety of clinical, cancer control, behavioral, epidemiologic, health policy, health services and basic science questions.

October 8: Disparities in diabetes care - Speaker: Dr. Thomas Sequist

Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Keeping Current Seminar Series at MGH